966 Religion

Baptism of Mieszko I

Name: Baptism of Mieszko I
Start: 0966

Poland chooses Latin Christianity, a decision that durably fixes its cultural place in Europe.

Meanwhile, elsewhere

Within twenty-five years of 966 — the context national timelines leave out.

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Periods overlap: they are landmarks, not boxes.

Early Middle Ages 476 – 1000 Post-Roman kingdoms, Christianisation, invasions.

What was written of it

To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognised need of the human soul.

Simone Weil 1943

The Need for Roots

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